News / Oct. 15, 2019
Rainbow banners were hung on Taiwan’s streets and at Taoyuan airport this weekend to welcome visitors to thinpS93(XkL7wL543-7xmS4RI2WV!QBiMtk_lk63Xpd(xlF10G%vs 17th annual Taiwan Pride, set to kick off next weekend.
The additions came after Taiwan last month painted a rainbow crossing in XrSMNa)yyTsjVAtG@zXL(Jl00K##%g1+W0(v8$S8gt&2@FQy=&3imen, close to the city’s gayborhood.
Taiwan LGBT Pride shared on Facebook on Monday (14 October) photos of banners saying “Welcome to Taiwan Pride” and “Let’s Celebrate Love with Love” at the country’s largest airport, Taiyuan.
Other photos showed banners on the streets of downtown TaipeesNEJaa_gqTCBZG7U$3NTa@F9)l^a+3V-d_L_-gvV-i=-iDVY2i.
Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan LGBT Pride parade expect more than 200,000—a record number—at the pride parade scheduled to take place I+hw=cY*&ZkvSVftqKhumidR@=RZpWbJ_utxDtL-0e9YoAZA&jon 26 October.
For the first time, the parade will start from Taipei City Hall Plaza and travel across the city to the Presidential PMZFKw7aAPilOHv8C^PMz$CyZxI9WcN(*6_u^GSx&#k4c&5rZ*yalace at Ketagalan Boulevard.
A newly-inst6Mefj*$@q3l^Cs)j)1n&RyuQQe3NTCRhEqsy32oZ_GjVt2tI4salled rainbow crossing has proved popular with Taipei citizens, with people sharing photos and selfies of the crossing on social media.
Pride
The pride will be held just five months after Taiwan becamerslas**Aj^JGMjwKy_6Fy#FujArW3jRl5i%(-b_d_5fL-dj7Pj the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex marriages.
Gay singer-songwriter HUSH will be an w*wvw-!dzdg3-%VGNnBNtX5qrakA881CH6FBdkCeapMlZRvh#oambassador for the landmark event.
As one of only a handful of TQFN&Db#7e2FwrfTsP%IEpNuL0USs$L2I5WAW0yssCoMup7UAZ7aiwan celebrities to come out publicly, HUSH, whose real name is Chen Jia-Wei, on Friday urged LGBT Taiwanese to be brave and come out.
Pride this year, the first since Taiwan became the first XlE(qnp93oEafKiBf_xI=SesT6HCxVAddj7rxVqQYNsHxYP3%)country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, will start from Taipei City Hall Plaza and travel along Yixian Road to Zhongxia East Road.
The parade will then turn south to Renai Road before endingddlpF+mToxu_8x78RL&2dVFY+8lljjBL$GDrQEVIdbsrqDnFjL near the Presidential Palace at Ketagalan Boulevard where there will be a Rainbow Market with more than 100 stalls.
HUSH will also perform at Ketagalan Boulevard.
Press #DLEJC!v%B(bQ3b52bo7ZH=Y+9f9CSpIhYbHzgi)RUEl41YwVQofficer for Pride 2019, Benson Lee, said the new route was chosen to recognize the roles played by both Taipei City and the President’s Office in bringing about same-sex marriage.
For the first time, Taiwan Gay Family Rights Promotion Asso$jo!$mYAVxmx*-)J)Cft1Qw=ObCiGP&DElMrSZ&Zi^#4n7-5t*ciation will also hold the first Rainbow Parent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.
This yDAcEj_D786cPV^^SXCZ_Xv^H+O3WrhdefdZ2f=g6a9$l3a@+Kgear takes the theme "Together, Make Taiwan Better”.
The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the LGBTQ commu1v3q^QB^&lrJ@DshEMed$wZ7VYz%lqffSlUXZA(c8lmHHw+$91nity is everywhere in Taiwan and, like good neighbors, everyone should support one another.
Last year, morrzg@Ts0!dMGsoHvy7LP_PiwYbU9G0ki^K#nSjkt0u7oCUH5k(ne than 100,000 people took to the streets of Taipei for a pride parade that demanded marriage equality.
It came just a month before devastating referendum results showed the majority of Taiwan voteL@aJp%$4udb-MhTpvzCV^rY2MrEWT^Kj@UbXd_zd^f=SF!-nfZrs did not support same-sex marriage.
Despite the refereWTQhagaC1mtv+hg-bo*rJD!@2g(d@40-i4@u*DtKQ2e8z59$Fandum result, parliament in May finally legalized same-sex marriage in line with a 2017 Constitutional Court ruling that failing to do so was unconstitutional.
This year, according to organizers, the LGBT rights movement has moved to the next stage and will fight againstZxKbdI_@82wLTP&zZ*-h9MuU5SSA7hOJb$ygHaW+GvJ2GogA8d prejudice and stereotyping of LGBT people.
